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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170075 | Method and apparatus for driving laser diodes Apparatus and method for driving laser diodes with electrical power in pulsed operation. Pulsed power, for example using pulse-width modulation, is applied through an inductor in one or more parallel regulator circuits having little or no output capacitance to provi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8098699 | Semiconductor laser apparatus and optical apparatus A semiconductor laser apparatus comprises a first semiconductor laser device that emits a blue-violet laser beam, a second semiconductor laser device that emits a red laser beam, and a conductive package body. The first semiconductor laser device has a p-side pad el... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7978743 | Driver circuit for loads such as LED, OLED or LASER diodes A driver circuit for driving loads such as LED, OLED or LASER diode devices includes a switching converter that has a switching element and reactive elements to provide an output switching voltage by sequential switching operations of the switching element. The load... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970030 | Dual pulse-width medical laser with presets A medical laser device is described that generates a laser beam controllable with presets as to pulse duration, pulse repetition rate, power and energy per pulse. The device also provides presets with respect to water and air outputs. Parametric values for power, pu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7889772 | Laser oscillator apparatus and power supply apparatus therefor, and control method therefor A laser output power command determination value from a controller (17) is input to an upper limit current determination unit (32), and an upper limit current value to be decided based on the laser output power command determination value is determined... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7792166 | Apparatus and method for driving laser diodes Apparatus and method for driving laser diodes with electrical power in pulsed operation. Pulsed power, for example using pulse-width modulation, is applied through an inductor in one or more parallel regulator circuits having little or no output capacitance to provi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7680166 | Laser drive, optical disc apparatus, and laser-driving method A laser drive includes a variable output voltage source that can control an output voltage, a laser source connected to the variable output voltage source, a laser drive circuit that drives the laser source, and a monitoring controller that monitors an operating vol... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7519094 | Optical disk device A power supply unit includes a transformer, and outputs a first power supply voltage which is used for logic processing and a second power supply voltage which is used for driving a drive unit. A voltage control unit includes a shunt regulator to a detection voltage... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7436872 | High frequency discharge excited gas laser oscillator A high-frequency discharge excited gas laser oscillator receiving power from a laser power supply controlled by a pulse command, the high-frequency discharge excited gas laser oscillator provided with a power detecting section for detecting supply power from the las... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436869 | Laser circuit substrate This invention makes it possible to meet a requirement of high-quality image printing and high-speed driving of a semiconductor laser driver in a laser beam printer or the like while suppressing radiant noise. A laser circuit substrate includes a first wiring patter... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426226 | Drive circuit and drive method for semiconductor light source A circuit for driving a semiconductor laser including a semiconductor integrated circuit, which controls the drive of the semiconductor laser, and is connected to one end of the semiconductor laser. Moreover, the driving circuit incorporates a first power source +Vc... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7372056 | LPP EUV plasma source material target delivery system An EUV light generation system and method is disclosed that may comprise a droplet generator producing plasma source material target droplets traveling toward the vicinity of a plasma source material target irradiation site; a drive laser; a drive laser focusing opt... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366213 | MOPA excimer or molecular fluorine laser system with improved synchronization The relative timing delay between channels of a discharge circuit can be adjusted through application of appropriate control voltages. A control voltage of relatively long duration and relatively small voltage, with respect to a common system pulse, can be applied t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366212 | Alterable frequency coherent light generator An alterable frequency coherent light generator for the generation of highly energy efficient coherent light, by means of a power supply connected to a four-lead capacitor, which is connected to a variable resistive device in series with a vacuumed bulb. The direct ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365349 | EUV light source collector lifetime improvements An apparatus and method for cleaning a plasma source material compound from a plasma produced EUV light source collector optic which may comprise reacting the plasma source material compound with hydrogen to form a hydride of the plasma source material from the plas... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356059 | Nitride semiconductor laser device and semiconductor optical device A drive current is generated by mixing a pulse signal from a pulse generator and a DC current from a DC current power supply using a T circuit and injected into a nitride semiconductor laser having a horizontal light-confinement ridge structure. The horizontal light... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355477 | Transmitter power control loop for high-speed wireless LANs A low cost, robust method and apparatus for controlling the gain of a power amplifier to compensate for changes that are gradual with time. The bias circuit of a power amplifier is sent one of three signals in response to a measurement of the average output power le... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355191 | Systems and methods for cleaning a chamber window of an EUV light source Systems and methods are disclosed for cleaning a chamber window of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source. The window may have an inside surface facing a chamber interior and an opposed outside surface and the light source may generate debris by plasma formation.... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352784 | Laser burst boosting method and apparatus Methods and apparatus for managing thermal loads on a laser gain medium and for boosting the output power of a diode pumped laser are disclosed. The short-term average pumping power to the gain medium is increased, to provide a burst of pumping energy to the laser g... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352786 | Apparatus for driving light emitting element and system for driving light emitting element In case of driving each of light emitting parts of a surface emitting laser, each of light emitting parts is made to be in forward-bias state and switches appropriately change bias voltage, which is lower than laser oscillation threshold voltage, and drive voltages,... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330491 | Fault tolerant laser diode package A laser diode package (10) according to the present invention is tolerant of short-circuit and open-circuit failures. The laser diode package (10) includes a laser diode bar (12), a forward-biased diode (14), a heat sink (18), and ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319711 | Light-emitting device and light-emitting device array using a whispering gallery mode, and method for manufacturing same A light-emitting device is capable of oscillating in a convex-whispering gallery mode. The lighting-emitting device includes a PIN-type semiconductor including a p-type distributed Bragg reflector, an active region and an n-type distributed Bragg reflector formed on... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317179 | Systems and methods to shape laser light as a homogeneous line beam for interaction with a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for shaping and homogenizing a laser beam for interaction with a film. The shaping and homogenizing system may include a lens array and a lens that is positioned to receive laser light from the lens array and produce a respective el... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295591 | Long-pulse pulse power system for gas discharge laser A long pulse pulse power system for gas discharge lasers. The system includes a sustainer capacitor for accepting a charge from a high voltage pulse power source. A peaking capacitor with a capacitance value of less than half the sustainer capacitance provides the h... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7277188 | Systems and methods for implementing an interaction between a laser shaped as a line beam and a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a beam for an interaction with a film deposited on a substrate wherein the focused beam defines a short axis and a long axis. In one aspect, the system may include a detecting system to analyze light reflected from the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7245420 | Master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) excimer or molecular fluorine laser system with long optics lifetime The lifetime of optical components used in deep-UV (DUV) excimer laser systems, including systems in a MOPA configuration, can be increased by reducing the intensity of pulses incident upon these components. In one approach, an output pulse can be “stretched” in... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235954 | Load driving device and portable apparatus utilizing such driving device A load such as an LED and a constant-current source are connected in series with each other between the node of a dc-dc conversion type power supply circuit providing an output voltage and the ground. The constant-current source provides a constant current Io, the m... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230966 | Injection locking type or MOPA type of laser device An injection locking type or MOPA type of laser device capable of always providing stable output energy and wavelength is provided. For this purpose, the laser device includes an oscillator for exciting laser gas by oscillator discharge and oscillating seed laser li... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227881 | Master oscillator—power amplifier excimer laser system A Master Oscillator (MO)—Power Amplifier (PA) configuration (MOPA) can be used advantageously in an excimer laser system for micro-lithography applications, where semiconductor manufacturers demand powers of 40 W or more in order to support the throughput requirem... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227246 | Matching circuits on optoelectronic devices An apparatus comprises a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes an optoelectronic device and a matching circuit. The second substrate includes a driver circuit. A frequency response of the optoelectronic device is changed by the matchin... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217941 | Systems and methods for deflecting plasma-generated ions to prevent the ions from reaching an internal component of an EUV light source A system is disclosed for protecting an internal EUV light source component from ions generated at a plasma formation site. In one aspect, the system may comprise a plurality of foil plates and an arrangement for generating a magnetic field to deflect ions into one ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209502 | Open loop laser power control for optical navigation devices and optical systems A current output of a drive signal, modulated between two current settings, is applied to a laser diode, e.g. VCSEL. The settings are selected such that laser diode's power output meets the average power and peak power limits of the eye safety standards. The drive s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209668 | Data transmission apparatus, photoelectric conversion circuit and test apparatus The data transmission apparatus for performing data communication based on optical transmission includes a transmitting unit for converting and sending electric communication data, which is to be transmitted, into optical communication data, and a photoelectric conv... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203216 | Timing control for two-chamber gas discharge laser system Feedback timing control equipment and process for an injection seeded modular gas discharge laser. A preferred embodiment is a system capable of producing high quality pulsed laser beams at pulse rates of about 4,000 Hz or greater and at pulse energies of about 5 to... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200337 | Optoelectronic transceiver having dual access to onboard diagnostics An optoelectronic transceiver includes first and second controller ICs. Each controller IC includes logic, a memory, an interface, and at least one input port. Each memory is configured to store digital diagnostic data and has a unique serial device address to allow... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196342 | Systems and methods for reducing the influence of plasma-generated debris on the internal components of an EUV light source Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing the influence of plasma generated debris on internal components of an EUV light source. In one aspect, an EUV meteorology monitor is provided which may have a heater to heat an internal multi-layer filtering mirror to a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187700 | Method for maintaining wavelength-locking of Fabry-Perot laser regardless of change of external temperature and WDM light source using the method Disclosed is a method for maintaining wavelength-locking of a Fabry-Perot laser regardless of a change of external temperature even though a temperature controller is not used, and a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) light source using the method, as an economi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184204 | Master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) excimer or molecular fluorine laser system with long optics lifetime The lifetime of optical components used in deep-UV (DUV) excimer laser systems, including systems in a MOPA configuration, can be increased by reducing the intensity of pulses incident upon these components. In one approach, an output pulse can be “stretched” in... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180479 | Signal line drive circuit and light emitting device and driving method therefor The variation of characteristics of transistors occurs. The present invention is a signal line drive circuit having a plurality of current source circuit corresponding to a plurality of wirings, a first and a second shift registers, a latch circuit, the foregoing pl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180083 | EUV light source collector erosion mitigation An EUV light source collector erosion mitigation system and method is disclosed which may comprise a collector comprising a multilayered mirror collector comprising a collector outer surface composed of a capping material subject to removal due to a removing interac... | 02/20/2007 |
